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Nuance Needed — 121 episodes

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120: Lena Dunham & the Stories We Tell About Women

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119: Your Attachment Style Isn't a Personality Type with Yolanda Renteria

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118: Queer Eye: Kamaro's Exit and The Performance of Healing

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117: Britney Spears and the Line Between Free Will and Saving Someone

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116: You Can't Optimize Your Way Out of Being Human

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115: The Self-Esteem Movement Was a Political Stunt

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114: How Social Media Sells You Problems, Anxiety & Solutions

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113: Rethinking Princess Diana: Mental Health, Eating Disorders & BPD

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112: Weight, Health, and Body Positivity with Edie Stark

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111: Turning Grief Into Action with Shannon Watts

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110: Her Boyfriend Talked to ChatGPT About Their Relationship and They Broke Up

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109: The Truth About Emotions & How to Feel Better

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108: Why You Feel So Empty (And What's Actually Missing) with Jennifer Wallace

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107: The Legacy of Trauma (JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessett)

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106: Punching Pillows Doesn't Work & The Myth of Catharsis

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105: Depression, Anxiety, and the Myth of the Chemical Imbalance

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104: Taylor Frankie Paul & The Cost of Reality TV

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103: What's REALLY going on with Men's Mental Health with Dr. Audra Horney

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102: The Female Ambition Penalty with Stefanie O'Connell

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101: Q+A: Echo Chambers, Critical Thinking & Friendship

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100: America's Next Top Model & Its Cultural Impact

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99: How to Have Healthy Relationships with Nedra Tawwab

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98: We're Labeling the Wrong Things

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97: Are We Over-Therapized?

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96: Excellence isn't a Dirty Word with Brad Stulberg

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95: Creating Routines in Times of Crisis

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94: Bachelorettes & Wedding Culture

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93: Friendship Breakups & Ashley Tisdale

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92: Is Influencer Culture Dead?

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91: Rerun: Stop Flaking on Your Friends

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90: Rerun: The Weaponization of Boundaries

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89: What People Get Wrong About Estrangement with Whitney Goodman

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88: How to Reflect On A Year That Felt Like Being Awake During Surgery

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87: Therapy Speak is not Therapy

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86: What 2025 Taught Us

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85: Why In-Law Relationships Are So Complicated with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish

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84: Not Everything is About You: The Bean Soup Theory

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83: Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing?

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82: Fight Right: How to Have Healthy Conflict & Repair Relationships

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81: What Moms Don't Talk About: Postpartum OCD and Alcohol with Suzanne Wayre

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80: Things We're Weirdly Passionate About That Don't Matter

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79: You're Not Too Busy to Have People Over with Chelsea Fagan

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78: Our Self Care and Self Sabotage Patterns

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77: The Reality of Caregiving: How Sam's Experience Shaped Her Life

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76: The Critical Thinking Crisis Started in Schools with Dr. Jennifer Weber

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75: Ultimate Trauma Episode: Everything You Want to Know

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74: When to Stay, When to Go, & How to Know (Sam's Moving!!)

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73: Sabrina Carpenter: Are We Critiquing Art or Policing Women?

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72: Stop Fighting Your Anxiety (What to Do Instead)

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71: Messy Consistency: The Antidote to Perfectionist Paralysis

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70: The Antidote to Political Doomscrolling: Building Hope and Community with Amanda's Mild Takes

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69: Self-Care or Conformity? Navigating Modern Beauty Culture

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68: Are we allowed to feel joy right now? (A Taylor Swift Episode)

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67: The Girl Who Fell In Love with Her Psychiatrist (AI, Social Media, & Mental Health)

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66: How to Build Better Friendships w/ Danielle Bayard Jackson

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65: Loneliness & The Myth of "I'll be Happy When"

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64: What Watching People Die Taught Me About Living

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63: How to Process Your Emotions

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62: I don't want to have sex with my husband: FAQ

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61: Sexual Shame & Purity Culture

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60: Have you ever thought you hit someone with your car?

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59: Coping with OCD with Kimberly Quinlan

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58: Living with Chronic Suicidal Thoughts: Suicide FAQ

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57: The Suicide Conversation Nobody's Having

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56: Princess Treatment & Feminine Energy

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55: No Isn't Always a Complete Sentence: Boundaries Part 2

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54: How to Combat Misinformation with Matthew Facciani

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53: Q+A- My Therapist Won’t Confirm my CPTSD & more!

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52: The Pros & Cons of Self Diagnosis

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51: Is "Therapy Culture" Really to Blame for Estrangement & Child Free Adults?

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50: How Wellness Culture Weaponizes Women's Health & Ferility

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49: Resting Girl Summer

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48: The Truth About Tradwives with Jo Piazza

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47: The Problem with #ShadowWork

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46: Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

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45: Raising Resilient Kids: Finding Balance in an Anxious World (Pt 2)

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44: Are We All Just Intensive & Anxious Parenting? (Pt 1)

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43: Rethinking Borderline Personality Disorder with Britt Frank

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42: The Illusion of Being Cool & Exhaustion of Pretending Not to Care

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41: Sam's Reflections on Starting Over (Pt 2)

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40: Mormon Culture & Utah Life: Sam's Journey of Deconstruction (Pt 1)

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39: Finding Hope in History: What Eleanor Roosevelt Taught Sam About Taking Action

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38: Stop Calling Everyone a Narcissist with Britt Frank

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37: Your Vacation Won't Fix Your Burnout : FAQ (Pt 2)

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36: Burnout: Stop Stealing From Tomorrow To Fix Today (Pt 1)

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35: Why Money Issues Are Mental Health Issues with Chelsea Fagan

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34: BONUS: Pep Talk About Economic & Political Uncertainty

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33: We Need to Talk About SkinnyTok

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32: Manifesting, Magical Thinking & Grief: Coping When Things Fall Apart

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31: Not Everything is "Trauma Dumping"- How Therapy Speak is Killing Friendships

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30: Millennial Friendship, Parenting and Social Media with Kate Kennedy

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29: The Problem with the "Let Them" Theory & Why Overly Simplistic Advice Fails Us

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28: Why People Pleasing Makes You Angry & How to Stop Part 2

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27: Why People Pleasing Can Be Manipulative Part 1

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26: Your Fear of Discomfort is Keeping You Stuck

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25: How to Break Free from Perfectionism & Live Your Values

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24: How to Prevent Parental Estrangement with Whitney Goodman, LMFT

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23: You Do Owe People Things: The Myth of Zero Obligations

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22: BONUS: Post- Inauguration Processing & Pep Talk

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21: Stop Flaking On Your Friends!

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20: Mental Health Advice That Changed Our Lives Part 2

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19: Mental Health Advice That Changed Our Lives Part 1

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18: Why We Hate Resolutions: What to do Instead

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17: Holiday Pep Talk!

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16: Taylor Swift Therapy: The End of The Eras Tour

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15: How to Actually Change: The Messy Truth No One Talks About

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14: How to Break free from All-or-Nothing Thinking & Find Joy Online

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13: How to Decide If You Want To Have Kids & Why It's Okay to Question It

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12: How to Be Happy Being Single (Even If You Want a Partner)

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11: Parental Estrangement: Trend or Necessity?

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10: Post Election Processing: Grief & Hope In Hard Times

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9: Self-Care Spending Trap Part 2: When Doctors Become Influencers

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8: Self-Care Spending Trap: When Wellness Becomes Overconsumption

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7: When Their Breakup Feels Like Yours: The Psychology of Celebrity Relationships

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6: Coaching v. Therapy and How to Be an Informed Social Media Consumer

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5: Chappell Roan: The Nuance of Fame, Mental Health & Public Perception

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4: BONUS: Hurricane Influencers and Social Media Misinformation

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3: Momtok, Mormonism & Faith Deconstruction

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1: Who We Are and How We Got Here

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2: The Weaponization of Boundaries

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